electoral college

Street Art

Okay, we’re not usually big on “street art” here at AFC, but this is great. Mathieu Tremblin has been painting over terrible tags around French cities and translating them to legible fonts. [design you trust]

Let’s all read this guide to how the electoral college works and spare ourselves any more Facebook/Twitter fights about how voting for a 3rd party candidate “is a vote for Trump”. The popular vote doesn’t matter (remember when most people voted for Gore but we ended up with Bush?). Statistically, most of us live in a solidly “blue” or “red” state and all of that state’s electoral votes are already going to Clinton or Trump, respectively. So stop trying to bully your friends into voting for anyone they don’t want to. But, seriously, if you live in Florida or Pennsylvania, vote very, very carefully. [How Stuff Works]

The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore is seeking proposals for a public artwork in a location that looks straight outta Hogwarts. There’s a $30,000 budget/stipend. Apply! [Baltimore Arts]

Whoa. India’s government is instituting a national “grading” system for artists and writers that groups them into the categories of “outstanding, promising, and waiting.” Is this to prioritize granting or something? As far as I can tell, it’s just to create a government-curated map of cultural assets. Or the plot of a really unsuccessful YA dystopian novel/film series aimed at the band kids. [Hindustan Times via Artforum]

Adam Andrzejewski is shocked and appalled that the VA spent $20 million on public art in the last ten years, all while providing notoriously crappy healthcare to veterans. I’d like to point out that the F-35 bomber program is $200 BILLION over budget. Pick your fucking battles dude. [Forbes]

A growing number of “YIMBYs” have become actively pro-development in cities as an attempt to combat escalating housing prices.They argue that the past several decades of activism has been aimed at stopping development and implementing ridiculous zoning regulations, which has created a huge lag between cities’ demand and supply for new housing. The problem is, we need even more new urban housing than the private sector is trying to build. But it’s a good idea, as long as it’s accompanied by housing/architectural preservation efforts. [Fast Company]

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